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The D-League's schedule isn't complete and therefore not especially relevant at the time -- especially considering there's no way of knowing match-ups to watch or anything else worth breaking down. We'll talk about that later, but first let's instead enjoy the newest music video from Team Boom Tho. My favorite lyric is probably the "polliwog" mention, but the whole thing is pretty exceptional considering his first music video looked like this. Be sure to check out the Boom Tho Shop while paying special attention to the Swaggle Rock t-shirt if you're still confused about what to buy me for birthday on September 23. Ridiculous Upside

D-League, Rod Benson 

There's much more where this came from, and the whole post is well worth your time. But this short passage displays everything that makes Benson such a valuable voice. He doesn't hold anytihng back from his audience, including the kind of personal feelings that most people -- in general, not just athletes -- usually keep to themselves. Few basketball players are willing to get this deep, and none are able to do so with the skill of Benson. Yahoo! Sports

Media, Rod Benson, South Korea 

Benson has occasionally said that his blogging made him a less attractive prospect to NBA teams looking for help inside, and that's certainly a strong possibility. But his writing has also made him one of the most welcome presences in basketball in the past decade, far more important than most D-League call-ups. In a just world, Benson could easily write and perform at whichever level of basketball he can reach based on the merits. That's unfortunately not the case, but he remains an important part of the basketball world no matter what. Yahoo! Sports

Media, Rod Benson, South Korea 

Rod Benson: I have no choice at this point but to start blasting Kanye West’s The Blame Game as loudly as a 17-inch MacBook will play it (which is actually kind of annoyingly loud), lean back and reflect on my past year over a bowl of rice. For some reason, the song reminds me of a love song between myself and the NBA. “On the bathroom wall I wrote I’d rather argue with you than to be with someone else / I took a piss and dismiss it like %#^%^$ then I went and found somebody else” HoopsHype

Rod Benson 

Rod Benson: It seemed like we were destined for one another, but in 2010 I had to make the move and take my talents to South… Korea. The more time I spend here, the more I think about the reasons why I’m not there. The simple answer is that I’m not good enough, but it’s not so cut and dry as that. Still, if I could pull a Derrick Rose, to myself, then Blake Griffin on a team of Al Jeffersons, I wouldn’t just be in, I’d be the man. But let’s be honest, I’m just a slightly too skinny, misunderstood San Diegan (SD gets little respect in the ball “tough” factor), who spent most of his career in the D-League (the D-League gets just slightly more respect that San Diego). This was always an uphill fight and it didn’t help that, by blogging, I was fighting against myself. HoopsHype

Al Jefferson, Blake Griffin, Derrick Rose, Rod Benson 

Rod Benson: I’m having a great season right now. Seriously, I’m doing things athletically that I’ve never done before. But why wasn’t this the case before? Because I spent my time blaming other things for my misfortune instead of doing what I’m doing now. Now I’m staying in instead of going out. I’m watching film. I’m lifting weights aggressively. I lost a little weight, even though I’m skinny, but now I don’t have to wear knee braces at all anymore, instead of the two I wore this summer that had Marqus Blakely say to me, “So your knees are just done? Already?” HoopsHype

Marqus Blakely, Rod Benson 

Rod Benson: Truth of the matter is now I’m torn between making all the money there is to be made in the world, especially given my increased skills, or going back and trying it again. Let’s face it, with no one else to blame and no excuses to make, the only outcome from a failing performance would be heartbreak. HoopsHype

Rod Benson 

Rod Benson: After my future collector’s items (the contracts) were signed, I was poised to make a graceful exit, but there was another matter to be handled. David Morway announced that there was something else. “Rod, we understand you’re a blogger. I’ve seen it. I think it’s good,” he started. “The thing is, here in town weve been dealing with a lot of issues in the past few years as far as our public image and our community perception. That’s not to say that you say bad things on your blog, it’s normal 25 year-old stuff on there. But to be safe, we thing it’s best that you take it down while you’re here. Your twitter page too. Yardbarker.com

Rod Benson 

Scott Schroeder: The Korean Basketball League's Draft is going to be interesting. Hearing Rod Benson has interest from multiple teams! Twitter